Capsticks starts the new financial year with a total of 36 promotions across our legal and business services teams, celebrating the promotion of four Equity Partners, six Partners, three Legal Directors, a new Head of HR Shared Services, 17 Principal Associates and five Senior Paralegals.  

Senior Partner, Rachael Heenan, commented: 

“We are delighted that we are in the position to recognise the contribution that people make to the business and our clients. At times like this it's important to celebrate our ‘moments that matter’ in people’s careers and say a huge well done to everyone being promoted across our teams. Our people are key to our mission of supporting organisations that work to make a difference. 
Promotions are also key to delivering on our promises under our EDI strategy to ensure that we have a diverse workforce which reflects the clients and communities we serve” 

Equity Partner promotions 

• Alessandra Gettins (Employment & Pensions) 
• Georgia Ford (Advisory) 
• Paul Lloyd (Housing Management) 
• Sian Bond (Employment & Pensions) 

Partner Promotions 

Employment & Pensions 

• Anna Semprini 
• Laura Horovitz 
• Sean Hick 

Housing & Regeneration 

• Alessandra Pinot de Moira 

Regulatory 

• John Tippett-Cooper  
• Michael Collis 

Legal Director Promotions 

Corporate & Commercial 

• Ed White 

Employment & Pensions 

• Claire Gilbert 

Regulatory 

• Louisa Atkin 

Business Services promotion

Alisha Morris is promoted from HR Business Partner to Head of HR Shared Services.

Principal Associate promotions 

17 of our Senior Associates have been promoted to Principal Associate, in recognition of their skills and contributions to the sectors they work in. 

• Adrian Harris, Regulatory, Leeds 
• Alex Barnfield, Regulatory, Birmingham 
• Alexandra Law, Real Estate, Birmingham 
• Clare Walsh, Employment & Pensions, London 
• David Khamo, Claims, London 
• Huma Ahmad, Real Estate, London 
• James Burt, Real Estate, London 
• Jennifer Holdsworth, Regulatory, Leeds 
• Jo Sabri, Regulatory, Leeds 
• Lauren Wilson, Real Estate, London 
• Lee Birch, Employment & Pensions, Leeds 
• Loren Meek, Employment & Pensions, London 
• Lucy Houston, Advisory, Manchester 
• Maddie Lawrence, Employment & Pensions, Leeds 
• Natalie Morton, Claims, Birmingham 
• Sabina Patel, Housing & Regeneration, Manchester 
• Sally Townsend, Real Estate, London 

Senior Paralegal Promotions 

• Ciara Bark, Regulatory, Winchester 
• Enoch Sakyiama, Employment & Pensions, Leeds 
• Hidaya Mchachti, Housing Management, London 
• Neelam Zaman, Regulatory, Birmingham 
• Sheera Mohammadi-Ghayeghchi, Regulatory, Winchester 

Once again, congratulations to all colleagues listed above. It’s a great way to kick off the new financial year with these promotions, which reflect our continued commitment to supporting our clients as their go-to advisers. Capsticks aims to be the firm of choice for organisations who work to make a difference. Our purpose is to be the legal advisers that clients want by their side, providing innovative and practical solutions tailored to our sectors’ unique challenges. Our lawyers work together as one team with the same values: putting people first, doing the right thing and always forward thinking.